Samuel h



Feb. 3, 1931,

SH. PARSON SMOKING PIPE Filed Jan. 29, 1927 I gVENTOR r I BY 2 c7 ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 3, 1931 UNITED STATES snmunr. H. ransom, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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Application filed January 29, 1927. Serial No. 164,487.

This invention relates to smokers articles, such as pipes, and more particularly to an arrangement in such articles for cooling and purifying the smoke produced by burning 5 tobacco therein, prior to the inhalation of said smoke by the smoker. V

In tobacco pipes of conventional construction, the smoke is delivered to the smoker at a relatively high temperature, and with its full content of undesirable and injurious substances, such as nicotine, etc. An object of the present invention, therefore, is the provision of means in said smokers articles for causing the smoke to traverse a somewhat longer passage than in usual practice, on its way from the pipe bowl to the smokers mouth, cooling the smoke while traversing said passage, and purifying the smoke by the elimination of its injurious elements, which elements when inhaled produce deleterious effects upon the smokers physical and mental condition.

This object is accomplished by providing in the pipe a reservoir or chamber adjacent to the passages conveying the smoke from the pipe bowl to the smokers mouth, in which reservoir is confined a coolingmedium, preferably water, (and for convenience of expression, the term water will be used hereinafter illustrative of any suitable cooling medium) so that the smoke, from the time it is produced in the smoke bowl to the time of its inhalation by the smoker, continually gives 0E its heat to the water, and reaches the mouth of the smoker in a relatively cool condition, pleasant and comfortable for inhalation. If desired, instead of providing a reservoir with smoke passages thereabout or otherwise adjacent thereto, as above de- 4 scribed, the arrangement may be reversed so that the smoke passage is in the center and is surrounded by a water jacket, which is an equally desirable and efiicient means for bringing about cooling of the smoke during its passage through the smoke passages.

Simultaneous with the cooling of the smoke in the manner above described, substantial purification of the smoke is brought about to rid said smoke of its injurious sub- 5 stances. This is accomplished in my invention by interposing in the path ofthe smoke I; passages, preferably directly over the .open end of the water reservoir and over theopen .ends of the smoke passages, a'disk adapted to act as abaflie, so that the smoke in passing from the bowl to the stem of the pipe-and before reaching the smokers mouth may impinge upon said disk, and the injurious substances contained in the smoke may be condensed and deposited thereon, and prevented from entering the smokers mouth along with the smoke. The deposits of nicotine, etc., accumulating on the baifie drip into'the reservoir or water jacket, where they collect and may be removed in the periodical cleaning p of the pipe. Thus, the water reservoir, or acket, whichever construction 15 used, in

' addition to performing its function of cooling the smoke, also acts as a collecting cham her for the sediment andinjurious substances dripped from the battle, as above described. The action of the baffle during smoking is automatic. By having the walls of the open end of the reservoir raised slightly above the open ends of the smoke passages, the baffle normally rests on said raised reservoir walls, closing the reservoir. The smoke passages, however, remain open at all times. When the smoker produces a suction in the stem in order to draw in the smoke, the battle, which is of a materialof very light weight, is raised ofi the mouth of the water reservoir and stays raised solong as the suction continues. When the smoker stops drawing in smoke, the baffle drops back on its seat and closes the water reservoir. Thus, a when smoke is not being drawn through the smoke passages, the baflie is seated and the water reservoir is closed, and every time the smoker takes-a puff, the baffle is raised and unseated, so that the undesirable and injurious substances in the smoke which impinge upon said baffle may be deposited thereon and may readily drop into the mouth of the reservoir. The baflle is, therefore, automatically opened whenever required. The continual upward and downward oscillation of the baffle during smoking assists in causing the matter accumulating on the battle to merge into drops and drip into the Water reservoir;

tobacco pipes embodying my invention,

showing one form of disk baffie, and 3 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view, similar.

to Fig. 1, showing a modified form of battle.

Reference character 10 designates the pipe shank, which may be of desired shape, and has formed therein a water reservoir or chamber 12, having the walls of; its open end 13 raised Slightly above the open end 16 of shank 10. Closely adjacent to. said reservoir and extending substantially parallel there with are smoke passages 14, which begin at the open end 10 of shank 10 and empty into the socket 18 formed in the lower portion or base 20' of shank 10. Although two such smoke passages 14 are shown, any desired number may be used and arranged to surround the reservoir 12, or, if desired, one smoke passage may be centrally disposed within the shank 10. with a water acket surrounding it. V

"he bowl 22, for receiving the tobacco 23 to be burned therein, has a threaded stud 24 on the underside of said bowl, adapted to be received in the socket 18v of shank 10. A plurality of apertures'26, extendingin various directions, are formed throughthe bottom of bowl 22 and stud: 24, and empty into the socket l8.

The stem or mouthpiece 28 is enlarged at one end. 30 and provided with internal screw threads, so that the stem 28 may be connected with the open end 10' of shank 10, which is provided with external screwthreads 32 to engage the screw-threads of said mouthpiece. The other end of the stem 28 is provided with a tip 34 adapted to be received and held in the mouth of the smoker. The stem 28 is provided with a central bore or-smoke passage 36, extending from the tip 34 to the chamber 38, which chamber is formed in the enlarged portion 30 of stem 28 when said stem 28- is screwed on the shank 10.

The smoke purifying means preferably comprise'a flat circular disk or baflie 40 loosely disposed in chamber 38 directly over the open ends 14 of smoke passages 14, and seated on the raised wall portion 13 of reservoir 12.

To prevent the water 42 in reservoir 12 from beingspilled when the pipe is not bei-ng used and is being carried in the pocket, or when the pipe is otherwise overturned, means are provided for closing the mouth of reservoirat such times. This is accomplished by forming an annular shoulder 44 around chamber 38, so that when the stem- 28is given an additional twist about the shank 10, the annular shoulder 44 presses the bafile 40 down over the mouth of water reservoir 12, causing the baffle to tightly seal said reservoir against leakage. Vhen it is again desired to use the pipe for smoking, the stem 28 is given a twist in the opposite direction, freeing bafiie 40 and permitting it to oscillate up and down during smoking, as above described.

W en the smoker takes a puff on his pipe, the smoke traversesth'e folowing path: from bowl 22 tne smoke pases through apertures 26 into socket 18, thence through smoke passages 14, impinging upon the underside of battle 40 (which is unseated so that the reservoir 12 is open, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l) leaving on the underside of said battle 40. any sediment or liquid substances con-- tained in said smoke, and thence thesmoke, now cooled and substantially purified,.enters chamber 38 and passes into the mouth of the smoker through bore 36 of stem-'28.

The battles. shown in Figs. 1 and 2 are free to oscillate during smoking, as described above. Fig. 3. shows a stationary form of aflle 46., which has a stud 48 adapted to. be screwed into the open end of stem 28, said stud 48 having bore 50. forming a continuation of stem-bore 36. A plurality of apertures 52 are provided in the sides of stud 48, communicatingwith chamber 38, so that the smoke emptying into chamber 38 from smoke passages. 14' may pass through said apertures 52 into. here 36 and thence into the smoker s mouth. A downwardly extending vane 54 is provided on the underside of bathe 46, so that the matter depositedthe eon is guided into the open mouth of reservoir 12 and can easily drop of said vane 54 intosaid reservoir. A rubber washer 55 is provided on the underside of ba e 46tofacilitate tight sealing of the reservoir 12 against leaka e when the pipe is not being used. The sealing of the reservoir 12 against leakage with this form. of battle is, however, substantialily the same as the. sealing with the form-of shown in Figs. .1 and 2, except thatathe battle 46f travels with the stem 28. I

The pipe shown in Fig. 2 is substantially the same as the one in Fig. 1, ex'ceptthat the shank 56. and reservoir 58 are of arcuate form, instead 05 straight form as in Fig. 1.

The advantagesof the presentinvention are obvious. The pipe is easy to.- clean, needs little attention beyondv filling the reservoir occasionally with fresh water and the usual periodical. cleaning, and enables the smoker to. enjoy a cool and pleasantzsmoke without the inhalation of poisonous and injurious substances, such as nicotine, etc.

The features of the present invention may be incorporated in any smokers article in which tobacco is burned for the purpose of inhalation, and particularly in pipes of any shapes or dimensions. It is tobe understood a;

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that the embodiments shown herein are merely for the purpose of illustration and for affording an understanding of the invention and not for limitation thereof, and changes and modifications may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or scope of the in vention.

I claim:

1. In a tobacco pipe having a smoke pas sage, a Water reservoir in close proximity to and separated from said smoke passage for cooling the smoke on its travel to the smokers mouth, and a baffle for trapping the nicotine and other impurities contained in the smoke and diverting them into said water reservoir before the smoke enters the smokers month, said bafliebeing directly interposed in said smoke passage so that the smoke squarely impinges thereon.

2. In a tobacco pipe having a smokepassage, a Water chamber in close proximity to said smoke passage and separated from said smoke passage for cooling the smoke while traversing said smoke passage, and means interposed directly in the path of said smoke passage for substantially purifying and ridding the smoke of its injurious constituents before said smoke reaches the mouth of the smoker, said means transmitting said injurious constituents to said Water chamber.

3. In a tobacco pipe having a plurality of smoke passages, the combination of a bowl, a shank, a stem, a cylindrical Water reservoir in said shank running substantially parallel with said smoke passages and being separated therefrom, said smoke passages extending through said shank and connecting the bowl with the stem, and vibratory means inter-- posed in said smoke passages for trapping nicotine and other foreign substances and for depositing them in said water reservoir.

4. A tobacco pipe having a plurality of smoke passages comprising a shank open at one end and having a'bowl attached to the other end, a cylindrical water reservoir. in said shank with its open end extending slightly beyond the open end of the shank, a stem having an enlarged end adapted to be attached to the open end of said shank, a chamber in the enlarged end of said stem adjacent the open end of said shank, the smoke passages of said pipe being arranged around said reservoir and running substantially parallel therewith, said passages beginning at the bowl and emptying into said stem chamber, and a battle within said stem chamber seated over the open end of the reservoir and adapted, upon suction being applied through the stem, to become unseated and to uncover the reservoir, thereby causing the smoke entering said stem chamber from the smoke passages to impinge upon said baflie before being drawn into the smokers mouth.

5. A tobacco pipe having a plurality of smoke passages, comprising a shank open at one endand having. a bowlattached to the other end, a cylindrical vwater reservoirin saidshank-havingiits open end extending slightly beyond the open end of the shank, a stem having. an "enlarged end adapted to be screw-threaded on. the open end of said seated and to uncover the reservoir, thereby 7 V causing the smoke entering the stem chamber from the smoke passages to impinge upon said bafile before being drawn into the smokcrs mouth, and an annular shoulder around said stem chamber adapted when the stem is further screwed on the shank to seal said baflie against the open end of the reservoir to prevent leakage therefrom.

6. A tobacco pipe having a plurality of smoke passages, comprising a shank open at one end and having a bowl attached to the other end, a cylindrical water reservoir in said shank with its open end extending slightly beyondthe open end of the shank,,a stem having an enlarged end adapted to be screwthreaded on theopen end of said shank, a chamber in the enlarged end of said stem adjacent the open end of said shank, said smoke passages being provided in said shank around said reservoir and running substantially parallel therewith, said passages begin ning at the bowl and emptying into said stem chamber, and a baffiing member screwthreaded into said stem chamber and positioned directly over the open end of the reservoir, thereby causing the smoke entering the stem chamber from the smoke passages to impinge upon said baffling member before being drawn into the smokers mouth, said 7 baffling member being adapted to close the open end of the reservoir to prevent leakage therefrom, when the stem is further screwed on the shank.

7. A tobacco pipe comprising an elongated reservoir separated from the smoke passage by a thin wall and containing a liquid for cooling purposes, and a vibratory element interposed in the path of the said smoke passage for trapping nicotine and for ridding the smoke of its foreign substances, said vibratory element transmitting said nicotine and said foreign substances to said reservoir.

8. A tobacco pipe comprising a reservoir containing a cooling medium and a disk resting on said reservoir and extending into the path of the smoke passage so that the fluent smoke may deposit its liquid and solid constituents thereon, said disk being moved back 1 and forth dliring the smoking process. and enabling the liquid and solid constituents deposited thereon to be cast into said reservolr. r

5y i In testimony whereof, I have signed my "name to this specification this twenty-sixth; day of January, 1927. SAMUEL. HyPARSON. 

